2020 rivals slam the vice president, who called for political “civility” by invoking his relationship with a Mississippi senator who once called to “abolish the Negro race”
. “One favorite over his last term was Joseph Biden. … Aware that Biden shared his opposition to bussing and admiring that he had contemplated resigning his seat to take care of his two surviving sons, Eastland took an interest in him. … Two years later, Eastland guided Biden to a seat on the prestigious Foreign Relations Committee.”
Booker, who rarely speaks ill of fellow Democrats, hit Biden first on Wednesday: “You don’t joke about calling black men ‘boys,’” he said in a statement. “Men like James O. Eastland used words like that, and the racist policies that accompanied them, to perpetuate white supremacy and strip black Americans of our very humanity.”
“Vice President Biden’s relationships with proud segregationists are not the model for how we make America a safer and more inclusive place for black people and for everyone,” Booker added. Insisting Biden was “wrong” for pointing to his relationships with segregationists “as examples of how to bring our country together,” Booker continued: “I’m disappointed that he hasn’t issued an immediate apology for the pain his words are dredging up for many Americans. He should.
If Booker’s criticism of Biden was somewhat muted, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called out the former vice president unabashedly. De Blasio posted a photo of his interracial family and blasted Biden as “out of step with the values of the modern Democratic Party,” adding: “It’s past time for apologies or evolution from @JoeBiden.”. He repeatedly demonstrates that he is out of step with the values of the modern Democratic Party.
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